In an interview with the magazine, Yorke said of the album: "One of the things we were most excited about was ending up with a record where you weren't quite sure where the human starts and the machine ends."

Godrich added: "They are songs, but you also have to give people something that moves. This is the eternal battle with Thom.

"He's like, 'I really want to make a dance record. But I have to sing on it, or nobody's going to f**king care'... this is his compromise."

Yorke, in response, argued: "The best tunes I dance to always have at least one good vocal idea... there's no such thing, to me, as a good tune with no vocals."